What was the reasoning for the camps? The reason for the camps was because many Americans after the bombing of Pear Harbor thought that the Japanese Americans were still loyal to the homeland. One hundred twenty seven thousand American citizens were imprisoned for being of Japanese ancestry. While most people would say that’s crazy, that is just how things were back then. Everyone was suspicious of everyone, so if you happen to be Japanese you were automatically assumed to be a concern.
The beginnings of the relocation for the Japanese, when majority of them were moved to the west coast. President Roosevelt was in office at the time and he was the one who made the decision to start the relocating. They had named it the “Executive Order 9066”. The relocation was known as one of the most violating acts of civil rights ever seen in American history. How could something so simple like being of a certain ethnicity change your whole life? (“Japanese-American “). …show more content…
She says in her book that she always knew that she was different, just because of her household and the way she was brought up. Not even beginning to talk about the way she looked. As she was younger she would play with the “typical American” kids, so the blonde hair blue eyes little boys and girls. Her families’ traditions and values and customs were very different from the “typical” ones. Growing up and realizing that she was different at such a young age, helped her to understand it a lot more when her and her family were taken to the internment camps. Not knowing why but knowing that it was because of they way she looked and where her family was from. All she knew is that whatever reason it maybe her and her family were being sent away.